Mikheil Vashakidze

Scientist, Deceased Person

1909 – 1956

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Who was Mikheil Vashakidze?

Mikheil Alexandres dze Vashakidze was a Georgian astronomer working in the Georgian astrophysical observatory from 1936 to 1956. He and Victor Alekseyevich Dombrovsky each independently discovered the polarized nature of radiation from the Crab Nebula in 1952 and 1953, which was due to the presence of a synchrotron mechanism. They worked at Byurakan Observatory.

Vashakidze also created a new method for learning the distribution of the stars in space, which is now known as the Vashakidze–Oort method. He was awarded the "Order of Honour".

The crater Vashakidze on the Moon is named after him.

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Born
Aug 15, 1909
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Died
Nov 27, 1956

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on July 23, 2013

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